Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowreagh (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowreagh (tirawley By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cullahoof Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cullahoof Fort
- Coordinates
- 54.19167, -9.20409
- SMR number
- MA022-049----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In gently undulating average pasture, located on a rise. It is located close to the SW boundary of the townland.
This rath is named ‘Cullahoof Fort’ on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a raised oval area (c. 25m NW–SE; c. 27.7mm NE–SW) defined by a scarp (Wth slope 2m; H 1.4m at SW). The scarp is well defined at NE and at S–SW, but elsewhere is low and degraded, with a broadly slumped external slope. At NE the scarp is topped with a grass-covered rise (L 4m; Wth 3.9m; H 0.75m) of earth and stones, which appear to be the result of disturbance or field clearance, rather than remnants of an original bank. There is a gentle slope down from NW to SE in the SE half of the interior.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 2 May 2019
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.